It would take 1 200 000 mosquitoes each sucking once to completely drain the average human of blood.

Butterflies have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies, this is known as the exoskeleton.

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46 the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

The porpoise is second to man as the most intelligent animal on the planet.

Ninety percent of all species that have become extinct have been birds.

In Britain a woman was given 20 months in jail for creating fake Facebook profiles to send abusive messages to herself.

70% of all the world's spices come from India.

No word in the English language rhymes with month orange silver or purple.

Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7

The Amazon River discharges 5 times as much water as any other river on the planet.

An estimated 80% of animals on Earth have six legs.

The U.S. State with the longest official name is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.